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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Melkessam (Melksham). de Melkessam (Melksham) William King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3006
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This record is about the William de Melkessam (Melksham). de Melkessam (Melksham) William King and council.... dating from [c. 1290] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/61/3006
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Melkessam (Melksham).
- Name(s)
- de Melkessam (Melksham), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Melkessam requests remedy as he holds his land in the county of Yorkshire from Roger de Mowbray in fee, but he is repeatedly distrained by Sleseby, bailiff of the honour of Richmond though his land does not lie in his jurisdiction so that he is unable to have any profit from his land.
- Nature of endorsement
- In Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Yorkshire
- Barony of Kirkby Malzeard, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Kirkby Malzeard, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Gilling wapentake, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Halikeld wapentake, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Hang wapentake, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Claro wapentake, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Liberty of Richmond, [North Riding Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mowbray
- Ascholf de Cleseby (Cleasby), bailiff of the lands [of the honour of Richmond]
- Robert Brodheved, bailiff.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition appears to date to c. 1290 when an inquisition into the matter probably held in response to the petition was held (CIM 1216-1307, no.1510). The matter was still live in 1292 (CPR 1281-92, p.513).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 5813
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. I, Hen III - Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1510 (inquisition into the matter)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.513 (commission to judge the jurors of an inquisition into the matter)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.64b (Latin summary on parliament roll of inquisition resulting from this petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no. 267 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106767/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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